
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, October 20, 1994                   TAG: 9410200075
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                 LENGTH: Short

TV MEDIA DENY ITO'S REQUEST

The judge in the O.J. Simpson case asked broadcasters to delay airing interviews with the author of a sensational new book about Nicole Brown Simpson, but CBS and Maury Povich said Wednesday they will go ahead with the programs.

CNN, however, agreed to delay Larry King's interview with Faye Resnick, who alleges that Simpson stalked his ex-wife and threatened to kill her if she slept with another man.

In letters to the broadcasters asking for the delays, Superior Court Judge Lance Ito hinted he will sequester the jury.

``I hope you will find it in your conscience, corporate and otherwise, to cooperate with this request and delay this program's broadcast until after the jury in this case has been selected and sequestered,'' Ito wrote.

Ito's letter was faxed Tuesday to both talk show hosts and to CBS News President Eric Ober. Povich, King and CBS's Connie Chung all had planned to broadcast interviews with Resnick, a friend of Nicole Simpson's and the author of ``Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted.''

Povich said from New York he will air his show, taped last week, on Friday. CBS' story is set for today.

by CNB